The Reality, The Inevitable — Musharraf Hussain Translation

which He forced against them for seven nights and eight days in succession. So you would have seen the people therein dead, lying prostrate as if they were like the hollow trunks of palm trees.

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyati

69:8

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ ۝٨

Musharraf Hussain

Do you see their remains today?

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

69:9

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

Musharraf Hussain

Then the Pharaoh and those before him brought habitual sin from the overturned cities, committed great sin.

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-at

69:10

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً ۝١٠

Musharraf Hussain

So they disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, and He seized them with a punishment.

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

Musharraf Hussain

When the floodwater rose high, We carried you in the sailing ship

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

69:12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

Musharraf Hussain

to make it a lasting reminder for you, and so attentive ears may understand it

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

Musharraf Hussain

So when the Trumpet is blown, it will be a single blast,

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

69:14

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ ۝١٤

Musharraf Hussain

the Earth and the mountains will be raised high and crushed to powdered dust;

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

69:15

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

Musharraf Hussain

on that Day, the Inevitable Event will happen;

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

Musharraf Hussain

the sky will be split apart, looking flimsy.

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

69:17

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

Musharraf Hussain

On that Day, a group of eight angels standing along its edges will carry your Lord’s Throne above them.

wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatu

69:18

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

Musharraf Hussain

On that Day, you will be brought for Judgement, and nothing of your deeds will remain hidden

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

69:19

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

Musharraf Hussain

The one given the Book of Deeds in his right hand, will say, “Here, take it and read my Book!

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiya

69:20

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

Musharraf Hussain

I believed that I would be held accountable.”

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

69:21

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

Musharraf Hussain

So he will have a happy life,

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

69:22

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

Musharraf Hussain

with its low-hanging bunches of fruits, easily plucked.

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

69:24

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

Musharraf Hussain

He will be told: “Eat, drink and be merry for what you did in the days gone by.

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyat

69:25

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝٢٥

Musharraf Hussain

However, the one given the Book of Deeds in his left hand, will say, “I am ruined! I wish that I had not been given my Book,

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya

69:26

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

Musharraf Hussain

and I never knew I would be held accountable;

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

69:27

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

Musharraf Hussain

how I wish death would have ended this.

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

69:28

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

Musharraf Hussain

My wealth hasn’t benefited me

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

Musharraf Hussain

and my influence has disappeared.”

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

Musharraf Hussain

Seize him, handcuff him,

khudhūhu faghullūh

69:31

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

Musharraf Hussain

then let him burn in Hell

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

69:32

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

Musharraf Hussain

and drag him with a seventy-metre long chain!

thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūh

69:33

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

Musharraf Hussain

He didn’t believe in Allah, the Almighty,

innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīm

69:34

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

Musharraf Hussain

nor would he encourage others to feed the needy.

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

69:35

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

Musharraf Hussain

Today, he has no close friend here,

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

69:36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

Musharraf Hussain

neither any food except from filthy bodily discharges,

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

69:37

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

Musharraf Hussain

that only the sinners will eat

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

69:38

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

Musharraf Hussain

Nay, I swear by what you can see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

Musharraf Hussain

and what you can’t see.

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

69:40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

Musharraf Hussain

The Majestic Quran is the speech of a noble Messenger;

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

69:41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

Musharraf Hussain

not the speech of a poet, little do you believe!

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

Musharraf Hussain

Neither is it the speech of a soothsayer, little do you reflect!

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

69:43

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

Musharraf Hussain

A Revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

69:44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

Musharraf Hussain

Had the Prophet made up a lie against Us,

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

69:45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

Musharraf Hussain

We would have seized him by the right hand,

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

Musharraf Hussain

and then cut the major artery in his heart,

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

69:47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

Musharraf Hussain

so none of you would have been able to stop Us from him.

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

69:48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

Musharraf Hussain

Indeed the Quran is a reminder for the pious.

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

69:49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

Musharraf Hussain

We know some of you will deny it,

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

69:50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

Musharraf Hussain

and it will be a source of severe regret for the disbelievers.

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

69:51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

Musharraf Hussain

The Quran is the absolute truth,

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

Musharraf Hussain

so glorify the name of your Lord, the Almighty.In the name of Allah, the Kind, the Caring</basmala

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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